Curricular Choirs

**Each curricular ensemble meets 5 times a week during the school day. Each choir is taken for a grade that counts toward the students overall GPA.

BEGINNING CHOIRS

– D128 Standards & Targets for Choir

CHORALE (freshmen boys and girls – no audition required)

Class Fee: $10.00Prerequisite: None
Chorale is designed as a mixed choir (girls and boys) for freshmen choral students. This course focuses on music fundamentals, proper vocal techniques, sight singing, music terminology, and notation. Music of various styles and histroical periods is rehearsed and performed. Students are required to attend concerts in the evening. All students are eligible to audition for extracurricular vocal groups.

Class Fee: $10.00Prerequisite: Previous choral experience and placement
Concert Chorale is designed as a mixed choir for students with previous choral experience. This course focuses on music fundamentals, proper vocal techniques, sight singing, music terminology, and notation. Music of various styles and historical periods is rehearsed and performed. Students are required to attend concerts in the evening. All studetns are eligible to audition for extracurricular vocal groups.

ADVANCED CHOIRS

– D128 Standards & Targets for Choir

BEL CANTO (junior and senior girls – audition required)

Class Fee: $10.00
Prerequisite: Previous choral experience and audition required.
Bel Canto is designed for advanced choral students whose voice quality, range, and timbre falls within the treble clef. In this course, students work on proper vocal production, breath control, and sight singing. Students rehearse and perform choral music of various styles and historical periods in concerts throughout the year. Advanced music terminology and singing techniques are emphasized. Students are required to attend concerts in the evening and must attend a weekly 25-minute sectional during a lunch study hall, if their schedule permits. All students are eligible to audition for extracurricular vocal groups.

CONCERT CHOIR (junior and senior boys and girls – audition required)

Class Fee: $10.00Prerequisite: Previous choral experience and audition required.
Concert Choir is designed for advanced choral students and continues to work on proper vocal production, breath control, and sight singing. Students rehearse and perform choral music of various styles and historical periods in concerts throughout the year. Advanced music terminology and singing techniques are emphasized. Students are required to attend concerts in the evening and must attend a weekly 25-minute sectional during a lunch study hall, if their schedule permits. All students are eligible to audition for extracurricular vocal groups. Optional Honors Credit is available in this class through application with, and approval of the instructor.